ASSA RX at Hertz
“An access control system that just works”
ASSA RX is the access control system for companies that have other things to think about. Like renting cars. When Hertz moved its head office in Stockholm, it needed a new access control system. The easy-to-manage ASSA RX was the natural choice.
Full focus on the cars
Hertz rents out cars from 180 offices in Sweden. It’s no easy task to keep track of the location and repair status of all 10,000 vehicles. Customers need to be able to rely on getting a well-functioning car at the agreed time and place.
This is controlled from the main office in the Lilla Essingen district of Stockholm. When Hertz moved into these offices, the company also decided it was time for a new access control system. In collaboration with David Grünewald, marketing manager at Axlås Solidlås, who had installed the old access control system and manages the building’s central security, the company decided on RX.
Room to grow
ASSA RX is a web-based access control system for small and growing companies. It can be installed on up to sixteen doors, allowing quite a bit of growth room for Hertz in the foreseeable future.
ASSA RX is easy to learn and offers a clear overview of the whole system, even for users who have never worked with it before.
The access control system is displayed in the user’s web browser with no need of additional program installations.
“It’s convenient to be able to control the system from any computer in the office,” says Bengt Magnusson. Because the system is web-based, it is easy for users to orient themselves in the familiar tab system.
Extra reliable
On the other hand, it is a rarity that he or his colleague Mikael Malmborg ever need to go into the system:
“It’s a very reliable system. It just works. We almost never have to go in and poke around, and when we do it’s easy to use. Usually all we need to do is authorize a new employee or temporarily authorize someone who has forgot their tag.”
Grünewald emphasizes that ASSA RX is not a program that needs to be installed on a server or computer, which makes it extra user-friendly. The system and all its information is all stored in an internet-connected substation, a “black box.” To administrate RX, the user just surfs to the substation on the company’s intranet.